In just one week, chelsea's situation has changed dramatically.
At the London Bowl last weekend, the Blues were equalized twice, and finally killed by the Hammers, 3 points became 1 point, 1 point became 0 points, directly fell out of the table; midweek away to Zenit's Champions League group final round battle, after the lead was reversed, and then rebounded, seeing that the first of this group has almost arrived, the injury time reading seconds stage was scored by Zenit, the first place in the group became the second in the group, and if bayern and Real Madrid met bayern and Real Madrid in the first round of the knockout round, you can only blame yourself...
This season, the Blues' reversing skills are first-class, and the speed is also outstanding, but this foot brakes down sharply and almost destroys the car.
In this round, Chelsea sat at Stamford Bridge to meet the challenge of Leeds United, if they can no longer brake the car, this season's Premier League championship dream, basically accounted for, because the first leader Manchester City in the Etihad with Sterling's penalty, narrowly beat Wolves 1-0, 3 points after the arrival of the point difference to 5 points.
However, the team of "crazy" Bielsa has always been a difficult opponent, and although Leeds United is not a hard bone, the "do not attack, rather die" posture, there is not enough strength, it is certainly unbearable.
After the opening, Leeds United and Chelsea played against each other, the two sides came and went, and the scene was even lively. However, it was the Blues who conceded the ball first. Alonso tripped Daniel James in the box and was awarded a penalty, Rafinha broke the deadlock with one stomp and the Blues were hit in the head.
After Chilwell was injured, Tuchel's proud wing-back attack was broken. Without Chilwell's echo and involvement, Reese James's power has also been greatly reduced, and Alonso, who has been in the battle for a long time, is obviously unable to shoulder the heavy responsibility of running back and forth between the offensive and defensive ends.
Fortunately, Alonso made up for it before the end of the first half, he grabbed a pass from Werner in front of the field and crossed near the bottom line, and Mount pushed the near corner to equalize.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Rudiger scored near the bottom corner of the penalty area, and Rafinha, who rushed up, came up as a flying shovel, and Zoginho jumped and hit a penalty to reverse the score for the Blues.
Trailing Leeds United then launched a massive counter-attack, with a frantic attack that overwhelmed Chelsea. Under the pressure, the Blues' defensive line finally showed flaws, Roberts broke through on the left and crossed, and the young player who had just replaced the field, Gerhart, stabbed the goal at close range and equalized. Leeds United's equaliser was almost identical to Chelsea's goal of equalizing.
From leading to being equalized, the Blues did not shoot a single kick in more than 30 minutes, and seeing that the attack was really pulling the crotch, the Blues simply drove backwards again. In injury time, when Rudiger was brought down by Clichy in the penalty area, the Blues were given a chance to kill the game.
Jorginho once again stood in front of the penalty spot, this time instead of using his usual way of jumping, he directly pushed the right side of the dead corner to win the game. ay...... This scene makes people sigh...
After being eliminated by West Ham and drawn by Zenit, Chelsea finally survived the last minute of the penalty, and in the case of Manchester City and Liverpool both relying on penalties to win, 1 point became 3 points, chasing the title opponent, and did not drop the chain.
The first credit of this game is the two-time point-making centre-back Rudiger, whose contract extension with the club can be described as touching. But Tuchel's troubles may only have just begun, with the Blues conceding eight goals in their last three games, the sum of the last 18 games.
However, the Blues finally braked the car and stabilized their positions before the Christmas schedule began, and winning the ball would cover everything, wouldn't it?